[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 47 (Monday, March 19, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D300-D301]
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                                             Monday, March 19, 2018

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1773-S1797
Measures Introduced: Five bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2567-2571, and S. Res. 437-439.               
  Page S1790
Measures Reported:
  S. 526, to amend the Small Business Act to provide for expanded 
participation in the microloan program, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute.
  S. 791, to amend the Small Business Act to expand intellectual 
property education and training for small businesses.
  S. 1538, to amend the Small Business Act to establish awareness of, 
and technical assistance for, the creation of employee stock ownership 
plans, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 1961, to amend the Small Business Act to temporarily reauthorize 
certain pilot programs under the Small Business Innovation Research 
Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 1995, to amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to 
improve the number of small business investment companies in 
underlicensed States, with an amendment.
  S. 2283, to amend the Small Business Act to strengthen the Office of 
Credit Risk Management within the Small Business Administration, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 2419, to amend the Small Business Act to improve the technical and 
business assistance services under the SBIR and STTR programs, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 2527, to amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to 
increase the amount of leverage made available to small business 
investment companies.                                        
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Measures Passed:
  Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act: Committee on the 
Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 3731, to 
provide overtime pay for employees of the United States Secret Service, 
and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment 
proposed thereto:                                            
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  McConnell (for Grassley) Amendment No. 2214, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
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Measures Considered:
Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act--
Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the motion to proceed to 
consideration of H.R. 1865, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 
clarify that section 230 of such Act does not prohibit the enforcement 
against providers and users of interactive computer services of Federal 
and State criminal and civil law relating to sexual exploitation of 
children or sex trafficking.                   
  Pages S1773-80, S1780-84
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 94 yeas to 2 nays (Vote No. 57), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill.                                   
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  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that the 
motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of 
the bill be vitiated, and that a time to be determined by the Majority 
Leader, in consultation with the Democratic Leader, on Wednesday, March 
21, 2018, Senate begin consideration of the bill; that the only 
amendments in order be Wyden Amendment No. 2212 and Amendment No. 2213; 
and that there be up to four hours of debate concurrently on the 
amendments, and that following the use or yielding back of that time, 
Senate vote on or in relation to the amendments in the order listed, 
with a 60 vote affirmative threshold required for adoption of each 
amendment, and Senate vote on passage of the bill, as amended, if 
amended, with no further action or debate.                   
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Appointments:
  United States Holocaust Memorial Council: The Chair, on behalf of the 
President pro tempore, pursuant to Public Law 96-388, as amended by 
Public Law 97-84, and Public Law 106-292, appointed the

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following Senator to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council: 
Senator Cardin.                                              
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  Board of Visitors of the U.S. Military Academy: The Chair, on behalf 
of the Vice President, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 4355(a), appointed the 
following Senator to the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Military 
Academy: Senator Manchin, from the Committee on Appropriations. 
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Yemen Joint Resolution--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement 
was reached providing that following the resumption of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of H.R. 1865, to amend the Communications Act 
of 1934 to clarify that section 230 of such Act does not prohibit the 
enforcement against providers and users of interactive computer 
services of Federal and State criminal and civil law relating to sexual 
exploitation of children or sex trafficking, on Tuesday, March 20, 
2017, Senator Sanders, or his designee, be recognized to offer a motion 
to discharge S.J. Res. 54, to direct the removal of United States Armed 
Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been 
authorized by Congress; provided further that there be up to 4 hours of 
debate, equally divided between the opponents and proponents of the 
resolution, and that following the use or yielding back of that time, 
Senate vote on or in relation to the motion to discharge.    
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Messages from the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the issuance of 
an Executive Order with respect to Venezuela that takes additional 
steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive 
Order 13692 on March 8, 2015; which was referred to the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-30)                 
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  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a social security totalization 
agreement with Uruguay, titled ``Agreement on Social Security between 
the United States of America and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,'' 
and an accompanying legally binding administrative arrangement titled 
``Administrative Arrangement between the Competent Authorities of the 
United States of America and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay for the 
Implementation of the Agreement on Social Security''; which was 
referred to the Committee on Finance. (PM-31)                
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Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 77 yeas to 19 nays (Vote No. EX. 56), Kevin K. McAleenan, of 
Hawaii, to be Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 
Department of Homeland Security.                             
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  Nazakhtar Nikakhtar, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce.                                                    
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Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Aimee Kathryn Jorjani, of Wisconsin, to be Chairman of the Advisory 
Council on Historic Preservation for a term expiring January 19, 2021.
  Elizabeth Darling, of Texas, to be Commissioner on Children, Youth, 
and Families, Department of Health and Human Services.
  Joseph N. Mondello, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Trinidad and Tobago.
  Mark Schultz, of Nebraska, to be Commissioner of the Rehabilitation 
Services Administration, Department of Education.
  Edward W. Felten, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Privacy and 
Civil Liberties Oversight Board for the remainder of the term expiring 
January 29, 2019.
  Jane Nitze, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board for a term expiring January 
29, 2023.
  Routine lists in the Army.                             
Pages S1796-97
Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S1787-88
Measures Referred:                                           
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Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
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Executive Communications:                                    
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Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S1789-90
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S1790-92
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S1792-95
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S1786-87
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S1795-96
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--57) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 7:18 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 20, 2018. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1796.)